One from the notebook and part of the estuary sequence again.
SERMON ON A SANDBANK
There is some kind of debate going on
at the turn in a sandbank where the geese gather
some on land, some on the very flat water -
several wings flap, some honk -
it's like a version of Jesus giving a sermon
while standing in a boat on the Sea of Galilee -
though nobody walks on water and all boats
are moored way off nearer the shore -
it's a space between a bleakness
that is close to desolation
except for this band of pilgrims observed
only by you and a curlew who passes on foot
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James
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